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The Quebec Court of Appeal ruled January 17 that the Sainte-Justine hospital can remove<\/a> the breathing tube from a five-year-old child, despite the protests of his parents.<\/p>\n

The child, identified as “X,” has been in a coma since he was found at the bottom of his family’s swimming pool last June.\u00a0Though the hospital believes that the child may actually breathe on his own without the help of the breathing tube, his parents want reassurance that he will be reintubated if that isn’t the case. The hospital is refusing to concede to this request, arguing instead that the boy should receive end-of-life care if that happens.<\/p>\n

A court ruled in November<\/a> that the hospital could remove the breathing tube against the parents’ request, with this latest appeals court decision upholding that initial ruling.<\/p>\n

“My clients are obviously disappointed in the court of appeals’ decision,” the family’s lawyer, Patrick Martin-Menard, told CTV News<\/a>. Martin-Menard noted that the family doesn’t have the financial resources to keep up a court battle. “It’s always much more challenging for a family with limited resources and limited access to medical experts to really be able to build in a short amount of time a file.”<\/p>\n

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In its ruling, the three-judge appeal court panel said, \u201cThe principle of preserving life at all costs is not absolute when the conditions for maintaining life are unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the intial November ruling, Judge\u00a0Bernard Jolin wrote that the parents’ wishes are not in the child’s best interest, as they are based on their hope for a miraculous recovery from God.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is true that extubating carries a risk of death for X, but in light of the evidence, this risk arises much more from his condition than the extubating itself,\u201d wrote Jolin.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome will appreciate the parents\u2019 unconditional love for their child and their relentless fight to keep him alive. Despite all the empathy it may feel, the court concludes that the parents\u2019 refusal to consent to the plan is not justified and is contrary to X\u2019s best interest,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The parents, however, believe that the hospital is looking to save money by removing the breathing tube, and they also believe they have seen an improvement in their son.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow the family is studying its options as to what comes next,\u201d Martin-Menard said, noting that they will consider whether to adhere to the court’s ruling or bring an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.<\/p>\n

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The Quebec Court of Appeal ruled January 17 that the Sainte-Justine hospital can remove the breathing tube from a five-year-old child, despite the protests of his parents. 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